Pittsburgh, PA -- bus terminal -- September 1, 2007

At three-thirty in the morning, readingSex, Drugs, Money and Consequence, by Rich Gilmore--she’s going to get it on DVD.

Her favorite book--True to the Game, by Terry Woods. About sex, money, the street life and and drugs and ending up in the graveyard. About a woman who was lavished upon by her man and then, when he died in her arms, everything, the furs, the house, went to his mama and his mama kicked her out. It’s a good book that’ll keep you going and going.

She likes urban lifestyle books and has been reading them for the past two years.

Her book? It’d be about her ups and her downs and what you can do to change and make life better. Her up was going to school to become an x-ray technician and moving from Newark to Detroit.

Lots of guys, not just women, are reading the urban books now, picking them up from their sisters…lots of people like them.

Another series that’s really good, (that she remarked on when someone else walked by with one)—Thug Matrimony and Thugs and the Women Who Love Them, by Wahida Clark. Also, an author named Vicky who came out of prison (couldn't find this).

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About Dogeared

The Rocky Mountains, Statue of Liberty, amber waves of grain, sprinklers on the grass, strip malls and chain stores may define our country's physical landscape, but it's the media we consume that defines who we are as people.

It's the magazines, newspapers, movies, video games, music and TV shows that fill our minds like the grade school health class motto--"you are what you eat."

While it's more likely that what comes across our iPods and TV sets defines us as a country, it's the books we read that interest me most--hand-held how-to, history, fantasy, memoir, magna comics... that go anywhere and everywhere. A substitute brain that lasts for over a hundred pages and turns the reader's mind into the author's thoughts.

In September of 2006 I began interviewing people reading books, on public transportation, in coffee shops and parks in San Francisco, where I've lived for the past five years. This project has been extremely satisfying. I have made new friends, broadened my horizons, and, when I sit down at my computer to work on my novel, I feel as though writing is a worthwhile. People love to read.

I will post on this blog during a six week period, from mid July through the end of August, and attempt to encompass a diverse sample of our country. Please write me at sonya.worthy@gmail.com if you have advice or suggestions, if I’ve made a mistake or you have something to add. Also, please comment if you have something to share with other readers. Comments are set up so that you don't need to log in or create an account--it's easy.